VERBAL LEARNING

The verbal style of learning involves both the

written and spoken word. If you use this style of

learning you find it easy to Express yourself,

both in writing and verbally. You like playing on

the meaning or sound of words, such as in

tongue twisters, rhymes, limericks and the like.

CHARACTERISTICS ...

Verbal learners will be skilled at oral and

written communication.

Will make good writers and public speakers.

Will be good at spelling.

Will enjoy reading and writing.

ACTIVITY

Lets discuss ...

Maya Angelou, William Shakespeare and Oprah

Winfrey are famous people who have high

linguistic intelligence. In other words they have

a deep understanding and appreciation of the

rules and functions of language.

As a class discuss the people above, if you

don’t know too much about them look them up,

then discuss what you found out.

Verbal learners enjoy...

Debating and word games

Understand jokes, riddles

and puns

Enjoy and easily learn

foreign languages

T. S. Eliot is cited as an example of a verbal

learner, as someone with high linguistic

intelligence.

At the age of ten T. S. Eliot created a

magazine called ‘Fireside ‘ of which he was

the sole contributor. Over a three day

period during his vacation he created eight

complete issues. Each issue included a

poem, adventure, stories, a gossip column

and humour.

Project

As a group write a story on something that

interests or concerns you.

You will need to discuss ideas and presentation

which could be in the form of a news report but

also be read on a website as well.

Study the story and poem on the next two slides,

and discuss the content and format before

deciding on your group story.

A great poem, called The Spelling Chequer follows which

reminds us that, even with very sophisticated computer

technology, it's very easy to believe that because ‘the

computer ‘ validates something as ‘correct’ it doesn’t

necessarily mean it is!

Its accuracy is only as good as the design of the

programme. The human mind is often referred to as the

most powerful computer on the planet and after many

years of on-going ‘programming ‘ you may wonder why you

keep acting upon ‘instructions’ that individually appear to

make sense but, when they all come together (as in the

poem), they make no sense (or even nonsense!) at all.

PROJECT ... THE SPELLING CHEQUER

I have a spelling Chequer

It came with my pea sea

It plainly marks for my revue

Miss steaks eye cannot sea

Each thyme when eye have struck the quays

I weight for it two say

If watt eye wrote is wrong or rite

It shows me strait a weigh

As soon as a mist ache is maid

It nose bee two late

And eye can put the error rite

No I shall find it grate

I’ve run this poem threw it

I’m shore yore policed to no

It’s letter perfect in its weigh

My chequer rolled me sew

LET’S DISCUSS ...

As the class discusses your story you may

decide that a magazine or newsletter is more

appropriate with the same theme depicted in a

report, poems, stories, humour, photos and

drawings. Or that several ideas work better.

There are no right or wrong answers, no tests or

exams!

Conclusion

To some of the class it will be easier than for others

so how can we all become verbal learners?

Keep a journal, a collection of ideas will improve

your writing skills.

Write letters, you will see an improvement in how

you express yourself.

Read and digest everything you can, write a review

on something you read